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Home Hardware and Tree Canada Replace Trees Destroyed by Tornado

June 4, 2012

Home Hardware Stores Limited and Tree Canada came together May 19 to re-beautify an area of Goderich heavily affected by the devastating F3 tornado that struck the Southwestern Ontario town last August.

The area, which borders the Maitland River, was once home to scenic walking trails populated with century old trees ranging from sugar maple to white pine. Uprooting and killing trees in its path, the tornado left the site completely destroyed.

Over the past 13 years, Home Hardware has partnered with Tree Canada to improve green spaces across the country planting 16,000 trees and shrubs totaling more than $700,000. Home Hardware has committed to replace the trees that were lost in the storm as part of Tree Canada’s ‘Goderich Tornado ReLeaf’ program.

To celebrate the re-beautification of the site, a public ceremony marked the planting of 67 large trees, measuring between 6-15 feet in height including sugar maple, red oak and white birch, by a team led by new local Home Hardware Dealer-Owner Norm Watson of Watson's Home Hardware.

Pictured above: Norm and Richard Watson of Watson's Home Hardware are joined by Goderich Mayor Deb Shewfelt and Tree Canada’s President Michael Rosen as they celebrate Home Hardware’s commitment to restore scenic walking trails destroyed by the tornado that struck Goderich last summer. Photo courtesy CNW Group/Home Hardware Stores Limited